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Nawagan Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Nawagan is a large village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 375 families residing. The Nawagan village has population of 2072 of which 1054 are males while 1018 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 10.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawagan village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawagan as per census is 768, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nawagan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawagan village was 76.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nawagan Male literacy stands at 83.10 % while female literacy rate was 70.82 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nawagan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nawagan village.

Nawagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 375 - -
Population 2,072 1,054 1,018
Child (0-6) 221 125 96
Schedule Caste 34 13 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.99 % 83.10 % 70.82 %
Total Workers 592 548 44
Main Worker 408 - -
Marginal Worker 184 161 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.64 % of total population in Nawagan village. The village Nawagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nawagan village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 68.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.